Karlson-Sklansky?

[sandycove]

After eight months of study and a few thousand hands experience at a multitude of games and places and limits, I’ve settled into $55 single-table sit and go tournaments.

As a general rule of thumb, I’ve referred to (a slightly modified version of) the October 2004 Sklansky/Malmuth hand rankings. My understanding is that these were developed primarily for medium-stakes limit games. Perhaps Mr. Sklansky’s forthcoming no-limit book will revisit this issue in a fresh context.

I have just recently been looking at SnG Power Tools and have encountered the Karlson-Sklansky hand rankings. They differ substantially from the rankings that have guided my play to date. Searches on the subject are not illuminating.

With the understanding that any rankings are simply guidelines and just one piece of a complex puzzle, and that these notions are even more relative in a volatile tournament environment, is there any consensus out there on the issue? Is the value of Karlson-Sklansky limited to late-game, push/call, head’s up situations? Or is it a better building block for overall single-table tournament play?

Cheers…